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Plants To Butterfly With
We welcome butterflies in our gardens because they add beauty and animation as they flutter from flower to flower. This list of plants are ones that will provide nectar to entice them into your Northwest garden.
Nectar Plants for Butterflies
Abelia
Achillea
Agapanthus orientalis
Ascelpias
Allium ORNAMENTAL ONION
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Allium 'Globemaster' ORNAMENTAL ONION
Allium schoenoprasum CHIVES
Allium tuberosum GARLIC CHIVES, CHINESE CHIVES
Arabis ROCK CRESS
Asters
Bidens cernua BEGGARTICKS
Ceanothus CALIFORNIA LILAC
Centaurea KNAPWEED
Cephalanthus occidentalis BUTTONBUSH
Cichorium intybus CHICORY
Cirsium THISTLE
CoreopsisTICKSEED
Cosmos
Dianthus armeria DEPTFORD PINK
Echinacea CONEFLOWER
Erigeron FLEABANE
Eriogonum species ST. CATHERINE'S LACE
Eupatorium
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Eupatorium purpureum 'Atropurpureum' JOE PYE WEED
Eupatoruium perfoliatum
Helianthus annuus SUNFLOWERS
Hibiscus moscheutos ROSE MALLOW
Impatiens
Ipomoea
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Ipomoea purpurea 'Grandpa Ott's' MORNING GLORY
Ipomoea tricolor MORNING GLORY
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Kalmia latifolia 'Ostbo Red' MOUNTAIN LAUREL
Liatris LimoniumSTATICE
Lobelia erinus
Lonicera HONEYSUCKLE
Medicago sativa ALFALFA
Mentha MINT
Monarda
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Monarda 'Cambridge Scarlet' BEE BALM
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Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen' ORNAMENTAL OREGANO
Potentilla canadensis
Prunus dulcis COMMON ALMOND TREE
Ranunculus BUTTERCUP
Rudbeckia GLORIOSA DAISY
Sedum
Solidago canadensis GOLDENROD
Spiraea spp. HARDHACK
Syringa LILAC
Tagetes MARIGOLD
Taraxacum officinale DANDELION
Trifolium CLOVER
Triteleia laxa ITHURIEL'S SPEAR
Vaccinium species BLUEBERRY HUCKLEBERRY, CRANBERRY
Verbena VERVAIN
Zinnia elegans
Caterpillar Host Plants
If you are serious about gardening for the butterflies, perhaps hosting their young should be a consideration too. Here is a list of plants to grow in the Pacific Northwest that caterpillars can feed on before they change into our beautiful butterflies and moths. Common names for caterpillars are listed with their host plant.
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